Necktie-frame.



A. PBRRILLIAT.

NEOKTIE I'BAHE APPLIULTIOI FILED BET. 3, 1907.

Patented Dec. 22, 190s.

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NEOKTIE FRAME.

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a part of this specification, and in which vide a tongue 4 extending upwardly from the be hereinafter described.

l is particularly adapted for use in connection Wlth a turn-down collar.

.in-hand to the frame.

UNITED STATES PA TENT OFFICE. I i AEsivE: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. i.

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Iiatented Dec. 22, 1908.

Appumon nim 'september s, 1907. sei-iai No. 391,199.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARsNE PERRILLIAT, a citizen ol' the United States, residin at ,New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans an State of Louisiana, have invented certain` new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Frames, 'of which the followingr is a speciiication. l My invention re ates to a new and useful neck-tie frame, upon which an ordinary fourin-hand tie is adapted to be properly shaped and secured, so as to have the a pearance of a cravat tie for the occasion, wit out the necessity for re-tyin it each time it is worn.

The invention a so comprehends means for securing the frame in desired relations to a collar, and a method of disposing a four-inhand tie upon the frame so that, in connection with the means above referred to, it may have the appearance of an ordinary tie.

It is to be understood that the invention What constitutes the invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and succinctly deined in the annexed claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming Figure 1 is a rear view showing the frame with tie attached; Fig. 2 isla front elevation' of the frame proper; Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing in addition the connection between th'e frame and the front collar-button of the wearer; Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are views illustrating the method of applying a four- Fig. 8 1s an elevation of a modified form of clip.

Referring to the numerals on the draw. ings, 1 indicates in a general way the frame, comprising a body ortion 2, having at its upper end a pair of owed arms or Wings 3, adapted for lacement under the points of a collar. The ody portion 2 is slotted to pro-v lower en d thereof, and made to extend in substantiallyr arallel relations to the body b means of t ie `bend 5. The said tongue a fords means for attachment of the tie, as Will Below the root of the tongue the body portion 2 is provided with a clamping member 6, comprising, for instance, a cam 7, operated by a lever 8, a connecting tape or string 9 being adapted to beheld between said cam and the adj acentface of the body portion 2. Said tape or ribbon 9 is provided at 'its upper I l end with a clip 10, adapted to take over a collar-button 11 (see Fig. 4), and comprising essentially a split rings-or otherwise'shapeil member, providing one opening 12 relatively larger than another opening 13, and having inward rojections 14 partially separating said di erent sized openings, and slightly beveled, so that the neck of a button may be ,I

readily forced past them from the larger o ening into which'it is first inserted, into t e smaller opening, in which it isl resiliently held.

Another form of the clip 10 is shown in Fig. 8. As there shown it has an opening 12, larger than the head of the collar button, and a slit 18, narrower than the shank of the collar button and communicating with an opening 13 smaller than the opening 12 and smaller than the head of the collar button. At its upper end it is split, the two ends overlapping so as to form a hook, as shown in the drawing, thefront overlap being shown at 16,

and the rear overlap in dotted lines, at 17. The object of this construction is that by the resiliency of the clip 1() it will engage the collar button, the shank thereof being forced through the slit 18 by exerting a pull etween the clip and button, and then held in the opening 13 by the resiliency of the metal.y

In use, an ordinary four-in-hand tie is folded once, as shown in Fig. 5, and placed ed ewise over the tongue 4 The two ends of t e tie are now brou ht around -in front of the` frame, and a sing e loop formed, as shown at 15, Fig. 6. Said loop 1s now placed over one of the arms 3, and the free ends of the tie pulled down, as is shown in Fig. 7, whereupon the tie assumes the appearance as 1n F1 1. The clip 10 is now secured to the co ar button, and, the clamp 6 bein opened,

the frame and its attached tie are .rawn up on the tape 9 until the arms 3 are 1n roper position under the points of the col ar, so that the tie-frame will t snugly. vThere- 'upon' the clamp 6 is closed, securing the frame to the tape in its adjusted relatlon to the collar.

It is to be understood that the arts of the device herein described may be o any material, size, or relation not inconsistent with the claim, so only the operativeness and objects of the invention be subserved.

What I claim is In a device of the kind described, a frame comprising a body portion, an inte al resilient tongue outstanding from said ody por- I' tion and extending along substantially the In testirnony whereof I afIX my signature Whole lenilah thereof, the root of said tongue in presence of two Witnesses.

bein at t e lower end of the bod ortion, Y

uwrdly curved sirde wings-at the {lpliaer end v. ARSAE PERRHJLIAT' 0 said -bodjr portion transversely of said a vWitnesses:

tongue, and a clamp member on the body A. E. BORDNER,

portion below the root of said tongue. H. P. HENDERSON. 

